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Pediatric Surgeon Dr. Jessica Mills Joins Staff

ALBANY, N.Y., February 202013— Jessica Mills, M.D., has joined Albany Medical Center’s Department of Surgery and has been appointed assistant professor of surgery, in the division of pediatric surgery at Albany Medical College.

Board-certified in pediatric surgery, Dr. Mills received fellowship training in pediatric surgery at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She also served a residency in general surgery while at UBC.

Dr. Mills has a particular interest in using minimally invasive surgical techniques to treat pulmonary and abdominal conditions including congenital anomalies and infectious conditions. Her breadth of practice also includes management of head and neck conditions such as thyroid and parathyroid diseases and thyroglossal duct cysts as well as correction of hernias and undescended testicles.

While practicing at UBC, Dr. Mills was involved in university and community outreach programs including providing medical treatment to members of the First Nations community through the “Safe Smile” program, and visiting high schools to discuss careers in medicine. She also led a team of medical undergraduates in the production of a surgical education video.

Dr. Mills earned her medical degree and Bachelor of Science in biopsychology from UBC, where she graduated with honors. A Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada, she currently resides with her family in Albany.

Additionally, Dr. Mills, a two-time All-Canadian basketball player, will be inducted into the University of British Columbia Hall of Fame this April.

Albany Med offers the only fellowship-trained pediatric surgery service in the Capital Region. Dr. Mills is a member of Albany Medical Center’s Pediatric Surgery Group and is now seeing patients at Albany Med’s Surgeons Pavilion, 50 New Scotland Ave. To schedule an appointment, call (518) 262-5831.

Albany Medical Center, northeastern New York’s only academic health sciences center, is one of the largest private employers in the Capital Region. It incorporates the 651-bed Albany Medical Center Hospital, which offers the widest range of medical and surgical services in the region, and the Albany Medical College, which trains the next generation of doctors, scientists and other healthcare professionals, and also includes a biomedical research enterprise and the region’s largest physicians practice with 350 doctors. Albany Medical Center works with dozens of community partners to improve the region’s health and quality of life. For more information: www.amc.edu or www.facebook.com/albanymedicalcenter.

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